Guys, It is fairly obvious now that screws can be found at various places at cheaper prices than at Walthers. However, the connection [ not bad, eh? ] to frt cars is rather limited. The thread is now

Bob Witt wrote: ie in ... bodies be I finally found the photo and the caption. It was taken at the Ralston Steel Car plant. The caption is below. " A view of the track work on the east end of the new

As some of you might know I am involved with the Banning Centennial Train Festival. This will be held on October 19th and 20th in the Southern California town of Banning, formerly on the SP Sunset

Bob, Along with al the other "I don't really know" answers, my guess would be some form of pickle tank car, hence TSPX, ... .... pickle. All the hatches and walkway width. Chuck Hladik

early road 1922. A very interesting photo and "tank car". FWIW, it looks like a car shop to me. Both the gondolas in the middle ground have raw unpainted wood side sills. I am not sure why the

Bob it appears to be an enclosed tank car. The open hatch and T handle would indicate a valve or hatch just below the roof that needs to opened or closed. It certainly is not an ice car, as the photo

I was buying #256 screws from " Fastenal" at a really good price, like 10 cents each, until they started charging for the shipping to their stores. $6.50 added on to the cost, so it's no longer

Check into "Fastenal" http://www.fastenal.com/web/home.ex I got my last 1000 2-56 slotted 3/8 screws from them.........called, ordered, picked them up at the store 3 days later....piece of

Classification: UNCLASSIFIED Caveats: NONE Bob; I do not know what TSP Co is, but this looks like a "tank car inside of box car" arrangement, like the later Linde Cars had. I know someone on this

This image is from the Columbus Railroads website (www.ColumbusRailroads.com) and shows an unusual (to me, anyway) car

I've bought at least a dozen boxes of short (2-56?) screws. Someone can get 1000+ assorted screws for attaching trucks cheap when I go to the next world. Athearn screws are a specialty item - they

2013 ST. LOUIS RAILROAD PROTOTYPE MODELER'S MEET Co-Sponsored by the Gateway Division, Mid-Continent Region National Model Railroad Association The SEVENTH ANNUAL St. Louis RPM Meet will be held on

No one (in the hobby business) is going to get rich selling screws or even pay the power bill, but you have to wonder why the LHS operator just doesn't buy the common size screws in bulk and

Really!? .05 a screw for extra length? Find another source. I pay $0.50 more per 100 for 3/8 over 1/4. Pierre Oliver

I go to one of the local ace hardware stores they sell very small metric(1mm) and sae screws(00-90) individually,being 120 miles from a hobby shop that might have them its very convenient,if I need

Jck, We used to do that at Trains Unlimited in Lynchburg, Virginia. It was appreciated and a good deal for all involved. We had a ton of detail and scratchbuilding supplies but couldn't do much

Please remember:  check size!!!  1/4 inch will be more pricy that 3/8ths.  Could be as much as .05 each. I buy by the 1000. That can be costly. All I do is cut it down with a crimping tool. Dennis

Hiya Some nice photos showing a mix of prototype and model work on the NE&BW. Barry [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

<< Brian, I thought about this point, and perhaps I should have pointed out that packaging and distributing small numbers of screws, as Walthers does and which your LHS sells, is an expensive process.

Brian Ehni (A former LHS owner) wrote: Brian, I thought about this point, and perhaps I should have pointed out that packaging and distributing small numbers of screws, as Walthers does and